For a Complete CV, Please Contact: ry at amitas dot consulting or ryebrennan at gmail dot com
Qualitative & Quantitative Research • Expert Interviews • R/R Studio • SPSS • JASP • Excel
Project Management • Writing & Reporting • Large Group Presentation
Electrical System Decarbonization • Emissions Mitigation Strategies
Skills & Areas of Expertise
2022–Present | Member-Owner, Amitas LLC, consulting firm, worker self-directed enterprise (WSDE)
2024-Present | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Occidental College
2023–2024 | Member-Owner, Ethikli LLC, vegan package-free grocery store, WSDE
2017–2022 | Instructor of Record & Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
2020–2021 | Global Justice Project Researcher & Climate Justice Student Lab Project Manager, UCSB
Employment
Ph.D., Sociology | University of California, Santa Barbara | 2023
Dissertation: “Decarbonization, Decentralization, Democratization: The Threefold Cord of Just Energy Transformation.” Committee: David Pellow, Dana Kornberg, Richard Flacks
M.A., Sociology, high pass | University of California, Santa Barbara | 2019
Thesis: “Community Choice Aggregation: Technologies, Institutions, and Values.” Committee: David Pellow, Javiera Barandiarán, Richard Flacks
B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa | Williams College | 2012
Education
Published Works
Brennan, Ry, and David Pellow. 2024. “Energy Democracy Framework.” In Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Sociology, edited by Christine Overdevest. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Brennan, Ry. 2023. “Techoregions of Insurrection: Decentralizing Energy Infrastructures and Manifesting Change at Scale.” In Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures, edited by Nadesan et al. New York: Elsevier.
Brennan, Ry. 2022. “Technoregionalism: Decentralizing Relations Among Humans, Ecologies, and Technologies.” The International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design, 16 (1): 71-81.
Central Coast Climate Justice Network. 2021. “A Green New Deal for California’s Central Coast.” Co-Authored with Professor David Pellow.
Brennan, Ry. 2020. “The Resiliency of Community Pandemic Preparedness.” Contexts, Special Issue: The Global Impact of the Coronavirus. March 30.
In Progress. Brennan, Ry, and Anthony Clairmont. Just Meetings: A Guide to Consensus Decision-Making.
Conference & Workshop Topics
Energy Policy & Transitions • CCAs and DERs • Electrical Infrastructure & Wildfires
Environment & Health—Justice System Interlocks • Labor—Environment Relations
Mixed Method Research Design • DEI • Consensus Decision-Making • Pedagogy